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Lakers players are angry at rookie D’Angelo Russell. A video of Russell taping a private conversation with Nick Young was recently leaked. In the video, D’Angelo Russell asked Swaggy P, who recently got engaged to Iggy Azalea, about being with other women. His actions has caused his teammates to lose trust in him and according [...]

Jimmy Butler apparently isn’t untouchable to the Chicago Bulls. This is a weird thing to write, and an even weirder thing to know. It wasn’t long ago that these Bulls were supposed to be the biggest threat to the Cleveland Cavaliers’ throne. Now they’re on the verge of missing the playoffs under rookie head coach [...]

Buddy Hield has had an incredible senior season for the Oklahoma Sooners and has taken them to their first Final 4 since 1988. He was 2nd in the nation in scoring this season with 25.4 points per game and may end up winning the national awards for the best player in college basketball (he has [...]

Ever since Michael Carter-Williams has been lost for the season and the Bucks realistic playoff hopes have been dashed, Jason Kidd has been experimenting with 6’11” physical specimen Giannis Antetokounmpo at point guard and early returns have been promising. That apparently has motivated Kidd to assert that the Greek Freak will be the Bucks point [...]

Chris Paul announced to Sports Illustrated writer Lee Jenkins (the guy who broke the LeBron returning to Cleveland story) that he will withdraw from competing to make the 12 man roster that will represent the U.S. in the Rio Olympics this summer. Paul told Jenkins that he feels like his body could use the extra [...]

Russell Westbrook is an untamed beast on a basketball court, combining his gazelle like speed and grace with the explosiveness of a kangaroo and the agression of a lion to annihilate his foes on the NBA hardwood. He has been stuffing stat sheets to Magic Johnson and Oscar Robertson levels this season with an incredible [...]

The Dallas Mavericks are screwed. More so than they already were, at least. After losing Chandler Parsons for the rest of the season and watching their playoff hopes ebb onto life support, the Mavericks will now be forced to push forward without Deron Williams, according to ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon: An MRI revealed that Mavs point [...]

The Cavaliers are always going to be the subject of much scrutiny whether legitimate or manufactured as long as LeBron James is in town. With a dominating win over an upper echelon team like Oklahoma City, chatter is that the big three in Cleveland is finally gelling and could be a serious championship contender. But [...]

The Golden State Warriors are still waiting on Andre Iguodala. As head coach Steve Kerr said, the reigning NBA Finals MVP isn’t yet ready to return from an ankle sprain that has kept him on the sidelines since March 12, per Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated: [tweet https://twitter.com/MarcJSpearsESPN/status/714216150628835328] Although the Warriors can survive without [...]

Kristaps Porzingis still doesn’t want Carmelo Anthony to leave the New York Knicks. Even with the knowledge that Melo bolting would allow him to become the unequivocal face of the franchise, Porzingis doesn’t want him going anywhere. Not this summer. Not anytime soon. From the New York Daily News‘ Stefan Bondy: As Carmelo Anthony declared [...]